QUICK FACTS Name: Pawnee Star Chart What it is: A depiction of the night sky on elk skin Where it is from: Central Plains (Nebraska and Kansas), United States When it was made: Circa 1625 The Pawnee Star Chart is a series of crosses sprinkled around an oval piece of elk skin. Likely made in the early 17th century by …
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